diff --git a/open-vm-tools.changes b/open-vm-tools.changes
index 1f4c3a7..95bed0d 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.changes
+++ b/open-vm-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 11 18:16:29 UTC 2023 - Kirk Allan <kallan@suse.com>
+
+- Fix (bsc#1217796) - Fix outdated libxmlsec1 dependency version.
+  Updates to open-vm-tools for SLES 12 SP4 and SP5 are now being built
+  againt against libxmlsec1-1-1.2.37. Update the spec file to now require
+  libxmlsec1-openssl1 >= 1.2.37.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 30 17:16:18 UTC 2023 - Kirk Allan <kallan@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/open-vm-tools.spec b/open-vm-tools.spec
index 47e9ff1..c8563b7 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.spec
+++ b/open-vm-tools.spec
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xmlsec1)
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500 || 0%{?sle_version} >= 0150400
 Requires:       libxmlsec1-openssl1 >= 1.2.37
 %else
+%if 0%{?sle_version} == 0120400 || 0%{?sle_version} == 0120500
+Requires:       libxmlsec1-openssl1 >= 1.2.37
+%else
 Requires:       libxmlsec1-openssl1 >= 1.2.28
 %endif
+%endif
 %define         arg_xmlsec1 --enable-xmlsec1
 %else
 # Leap 42.1 and 42.2 supports xmlsec1 and libxmlsec1-openssl1 but 12 SP1 and